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2005 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Brian Baird 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100%
John Sununu 90%
Gary Ackerman 88%
Thomas Allen 88%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 88%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
Shelley Berkley 88%
Howard Berman 88%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 88%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 88%
Russ Carnahan 88%
Ben Chandler III 88%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 88%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 88%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 88%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 88%
Barney Frank 88%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 88%
Maurice Hinchey 88%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 88%
Darlene Hooley 88%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 88%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 88%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 88%
Patrick Kennedy 88%
Dale Kildee 88%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 88%
Dennis Kucinich 88%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 88%
Tom Lantos 88%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 88%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 88%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 88%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 88%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 88%
Michael McNulty 88%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 88%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 88%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 88%
Dave Obey 88%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 88%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
Steve Rothman 88%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 88%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 88%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 88%
Hilda Solis 88%
Pete Stark 88%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 88%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 88%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 88%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 88%
Diane Watson 88%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 88%
Anthony Weiner 88%
Lynn Woolsey 88%
David Wu 88%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 87%
Bill Delahunt 87%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 87%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 87%
Jane Harman 87%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 87%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 87%
John Olver 87%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 87%
Ron Paul 85%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 85%
Donald Payne 83%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
Melissa Bean 77%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 77%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 77%
Mike Castle 77%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 77%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 77%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 77%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 77%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 77%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 77%
Brad Miller 77%
Dennis Moore 77%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 77%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 77%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 77%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 77%
Jim Saxton 77%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 77%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 77%
Christopher Shays 77%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 77%
Ellen Tauscher 77%
Gene Taylor 77%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 77%
Robert Wexler 77%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 75%
Bart Stupak 75%
Judd Gregg 70%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 70%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 66%
Julia Carson 66%
Norm Dicks 66%
Bob Etheridge 66%
Tim Johnson 66%
Paul Kanjorski 66%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 66%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 66%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 66%
Jim Oberstar 66%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 66%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 66%
Vic Snyder 66%
John Spratt, Jr. 66%
John Tanner 66%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 66%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 66%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 62%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 62%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 60%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
Jon Kyl 60%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 60%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 60%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 55%
Joe Baca, Sr. 55%
Marion Berry 55%
Dennis Cardoza 55%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 55%
Jerry Costello 55%
Artur Davis 55%
Lincoln Davis 55%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 55%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 55%
Bart Gordon 55%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 55%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 55%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 55%
Jim Marshall 55%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 55%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 55%
Ike Skelton 55%
Evan Bayh 50%
Hillary Clinton 50%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
James DeMint 50%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
James Ramstad 50%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 44%
Kent Conrad 44%
Chris Dodd 44%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 44%
Vern Ehlers 44%
Charlie Gonzalez 44%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 44%
Thomas Holden 44%
William Jefferson 44%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 44%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 44%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 44%
Earl Pomeroy 44%
Silvestre Reyes 44%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 44%
Albert Wynn 44%
Ed Towns 42%
Wayne Allard 40%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 40%
Robert Byrd 40%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 40%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 40%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 40%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 40%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 40%
Herb Kohl 40%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 40%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 40%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 40%
Todd Platts 37%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 37%
Dan Boren 33%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Rick Boucher 33%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 33%
Byron Dorgan 33%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 33%
Ray LaHood 33%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 33%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 33%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 33%
Heather Wilson 33%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 30%
Daniel Inouye 30%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 30%
Melquiades Martinez 30%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 30%
Ken Salazar 30%
Olympia Snowe 30%
Joe Lieberman 25%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 25%
Mike Ross 25%
Roscoe Bartlett 22%
Jeff Bingaman 22%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 22%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 22%
Ginny Brown-Waite 22%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 22%
Robert Cramer 22%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 22%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 22%
Chet Edwards 22%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 22%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 22%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 22%
Steve LaTourette 22%
Connie Mack IV 22%
John McHugh 22%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 22%
Richard Renzi 22%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 22%
John Shadegg 22%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 22%
James Walsh 22%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 22%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 20%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 20%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 20%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 20%
Gordon Smith 20%
Arlen Specter 20%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 12%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 12%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 12%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 12%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 11%
Todd Akin 11%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 11%
Richard Hugh Baker 11%
J. Gresham Barrett 11%
Judy Biggert 11%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 11%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 11%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 11%
Mary Bono Mack 11%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 11%
Henry Brown, Jr. 11%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 11%
Dan Burton 11%
Steve Buyer 11%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 11%
Norm Coleman 11%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 11%
Thomas Davis III 11%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 11%
Thelma Drake 11%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 11%
Jo Ann Emerson 11%
Philip English 11%
John Ensign 11%
Terry Everett 11%
Tom Feeney 11%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 11%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 11%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 11%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 11%
Elton Gallegly 11%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 11%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 11%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 11%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 11%
Wally Herger, Jr. 11%
Duncan Hunter 11%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 11%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 11%
Ric Keller 11%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 11%
Ron Lewis 11%
John Linder 11%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 11%
Thaddeus McCotter 11%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 11%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 11%
Marilyn Musgrave 11%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 11%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 11%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 11%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 11%
Jon Porter, Sr. 11%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 11%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 11%
Thomas Reynolds 11%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 11%
Mark Souder 11%
Cliff Stearns 11%
Tom Tancredo 11%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 11%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 11%
Zach Wamp 11%
David Weldon 11%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 11%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 10%
Jim Bunning 10%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
Kay Hutchison 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 10%
Dick Lugar 10%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 10%
Ben Nelson 10%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 10%
George Voinovich 10%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kit Bond 0%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Geoff Davis 0%
Elizabeth Dole 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 0%
David Dreier 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
John Kuhl, Jr. 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dan Lungren 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
James McCrery III 0%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
John Peterson 0%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
George Radanovich 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
Jean Schmidt 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
John Sullivan 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
John Warner 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.

Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

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